Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
"Education for Sustainable Development stands for education that enables people to think and act in a sustainable way.
- How do my decisions affect people of future generations or in other parts of the world?
- What impact does it have, for example, how I consume, which means of transport I use or which and how much energy I consume?
"Education for sustainable development enables each and every individual to understand the impact of their own actions on the world and to make responsible decisions. (National Action Plan Education for Sustainable Development)
Scientists have developed various competence models for ESD, for example, according to de Haan (2008) it is about teaching design competence. For more details on design competence, this website is recommended.
Projects:
"Learning. Act. Shaping the future together. Education for Sustainable Development"
The year 2023 marked the launch of the new campaign of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), which aims to make Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and its actors even more visible.
The aim of this campaign is to recognise the numerous actors who have long been committed to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and to promote exchange between them. In this way, the structural anchoring of ESD in all areas of education and thus the implementation of the National Action Plan on ESD (NAP BNE) is to be further advanced and the ESD network expanded to include more actors. In keeping with the start of the new year and the associated resolutions, the campaign aims to motivate as many people as possible to act sustainably.
more information on the project is available at: bne-jetzt.de
Publication:
Resolution from the annual meeting of the ESD committees on 17.09.2024: “funding for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the federal budget should increase immediately and in the long term in all ministries in order to drive forward the necessary transformation towards a sustainable society."
More information:
- Podcast recommendation 1: In the DG HochN podcast “Re: Sustainable universities”, DG HochN enters into a dialog with experts about the complex challenges in the higher education system. It is about best practice examples, experiences, visions, projects and innovative ideas from German universities on their transformation paths. We particularly recommend episode 9 “The Role of Education for Sustainable Development”, episode 8 “Transformative Skills” and episode 7 “Sustainable Operations”
- Podcast recommendation 2: Episode 22 of the TU Graz podcast on “Education for Sustainable Development” with Dominik Ruffeis
